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TIL in 2004 a man woke up beaten in a burger king dumpster with no memory, and was annoyed by nurses asking for his name so he made one up - meet Benjaman Kyle. The FBI has been trying to find out his past.

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awLly TIL “Australium,” a fictional metal in the video game Team Fortress 2, has an equally fictional electron configuration showing two kangaroos boxing within the nucleus.
kGvg TIL: Staying silent during interrogation does not invoke your Miranda right to remain silent - you must invoke unambiguously, and silence is not enough to do that.
8aGMK TIL that recent discoveries in man-made caves at the Red Sea have proven that ancient Egypt's was a maritime power, trading with a place called Punt (that still remains a mystery where it was).
awG1y TIL that Bethlem Royal Hospital was originally a shelter for the poor and accommodation for visiting clergy, before becoming the madhouse nicknamed "Bedlam", and is still a functioning NHS psychiatric hospital
wMGW TIL In the 1960s Pakistan briefly considered changing its traffic system from driving on the left to the right. However, camel trains often drove through the night while their drivers were dozing. The difficulty in teaching old camels new tricks was decisive in forcing Pakistan to reject the change.